Electric motor



A C. GILBERT.

I ELECTRIC MOTOR.

APPLICA ON FILED MAR8 IQIBv 1,38 1,986. Patented June 21, 1921.

ALFRED C. GILBERT, OF NEW HAVEN,

GILBERT COMPANY, OF NEW HAVEN,

CONNECTICUT.

PATENT OFFICE.

CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE A. C. CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF ELECTRIC MOTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 11 21, 1921 Original application filed November 26, 1917, Serial No. 203,975. Divided and this application filed March 8, 1919. Serial at. 281,329.

useful Improvements in Electric Motors, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention, which is a division of my copending application, Serial No. 203,975,

filed November 26, 1917, relates to electric motors, and more particularly to small, port able electric motors for home use. 7.

One of the primary objects of my inven tion is the production of an electric motor construction in which the motor member or motor proper comprising the motor casing, field, armature. and motor shaft is adapted to a large variety of uses, such as driving a fan, operating a sewing machine, mixing or agitating liquids, etc. When em ployed for some of these purposes, for ex ample as a sewing machine motor, the mo tor member is mounted'on a base member that rests upon the table of the sewing machine, whereas, when the'motor is used as a drink mixer or as a vibratory massage implement, the motor member isremoved from 1 the aforesaid base andequipped with a laterally extending handle member by means of which it may be v r readily manipulated. 1

More specifically, my object is to provide an electric motor construction in which the motor member or motor'proper, as distin guished from the device for {supporting or manipulating it, is soconstrlucted and ar-- ranged that the conversion of the device from one function to another can be very readily effected. 1

Another object of the invention is to provide an electric motor casing with means whereby it may be very readily secured either to a supporting base or to an operating handle. I

Another object of the invention is to pro- Vide a motor in which the casing is furnished with an improved form of lug for supporting it pivotally on a suitable base.

To these and other tends, the invention consists in the novel features and combinations of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure l is a side elevation of an electric motor embodying my improvements, showing a block mounted between the spaced lugs upon the motor casing.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the motor as arranged for driving a sewing machine or the like, the block between the casing lugs serving to support the motor member pivotally on a base member.

Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the parts shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is an end view of the motor member, showing a further arrangement'of parts wherein a handle is secured to the motor member by means of the block between the lugs; and

Fig. 6' is a detail side elevation of the block.

The motor member 12, which may be of any approved type, comprises a casing 13 generally cylindrical in shape, and a motor shaft 14 extending through the casing. It will be understood, of course, that this motor shaft is fixed to the usual armature (not shown) and that the armature revolves between suitable field windings (not shown) constructed and arranged in the case in the usual or any preferred manner. In the particular example illustrated, the casing 13 is divided transversely along a line 13*, so as to form separate sections 13, 13. The brushes (not shown) may be carried by the section 13. Preferably the motor shaft, which is journaled in the bearings in the respective sections 13, 13, extends out at each endto an appreciable distance beyond the outer face of the corresponding section, so that a pulley or other device may be attached to either end of the shaft. At one part of its periphery, the casing 13 is provided with a pair of lugs 15. These preferably are formed integrally with the casing, and in the present instance they are formed on the section 13 which is the larger of the two casing sections, said lugs being located .at substantially the center of the motor casing but at'thelower part thereof, as shown in Fig. 1. The'two casing sections are secured together by means of screws 16. An opening 17 is formed the section l3 at its inner edge between the lugs 15, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and this opening serves for the passage of the usual electric conductors which extend therethrough into the case, where connection is made with the motor parts.

The lugs 15 serve in mounting the motor member 12 on a suitable base, such as the base member 24 shown in Fig. 2. This base member has a socket 25 at the upper portion thereof with a curved bottom and the motor member has a correspondingly shaped projection or lug entering said socket. The socket and lug are so shaped as to permit tilting movement of the motor member relatively to the base member in the plane of the motor shaft 14. When the parts have been properly adjusted, the motor member may be clamped to the base by a clamping screw 26, substantially as described in my companion application, Serial No. 203,974, filed Nov. 26, 1917. In accordance with the present invention, the lug on the motor member which engages the socket of the base consists partly of the casing lugs 15 integral with the casing member and partly of an interposed lug or supporting block 26, which is secured between lugs 15 by screws 20. The block or supporting member 26 is cut away at the sides to form lug-receiving grooves 27, in which the lugs fit in such a manner that the outer faces of said lugs 15 are substantially flush with the outer side faces of the block. It is understood, of course, that the screws 20 enter tapped holes in the respective sides of the block. The block is curved at the bottom in order to pro.- vide for tilting movement of the motor member .in the curved socket 25 of the base. The block is furthermore provided at the respective ends with upright grooves 28, either one of which is adapted to be alined with the conductor opening 17 of the motor casing. The block 26 is reversible end for end between the lugs 15 and a groove of the block will register with the conductor opening of the casing regardless of which end of the block is disposed toward the casing section 13. This makes for a very quick and convenient assemblage, and it will be understood that the block 26 mounted between the lugs 15 forms a very desirable means for adjustably mounting the motor upon the base 2a as shown in Fig. 2. In the latter view, the motor shaft is shown equipped with a detachable drive pulley 29.

In some cases, it is desirable to use a. supporting handle in connection with the motor member. Such an arrangement is shown in Fig. 5 where the block 26 is shown in place between lugs 15, and a handle 18 is used, which is preferably secured-to the block by a screw 30 rigidly fastened to the upper end of this handle and screwed into athreaded socket 31 in the lower central part ofthe block 26. It will be readily understood from Fig. 5 that when the handle is screwed to the block, the conductors can pass laterallyto the motor through the grooves 28 which communicate with the conductor opcning 17. By taking off the handle 18, the motor member may again be used in connection with the base 24.

Various modifications of the construction may be made Without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the claims.

I do not claim broadly herein the combination in an electric motor of a motor member having a lug, a base member having ,a socket in which said lug rests by gravity, said lug and socket being so formed and located as to permit a tilting movement of the motor member in a vertical plane, and means for clamping the lug fric'tionally in said socket to hold the motor member. in the adjusted position, as claimed in my application, Serial No. 203,974, filed November 26, 1917, hereinbefore identified.

What I claim is:

1. In an electric motor provided with a casing, supporting-lugs formed upon said casing, a block mounted between said lugs, securing means extending through said lugs into said block, a base for saidmotor, and 95 means independent of said securing means for adjustably mounting .said block upon said base.

2. In an electric motor providedwith a casing, a block detachably secured to said 100 casing and having a curved lower face, a base for said motor having a curved socket formed therein to adjustab'ly-receive said block, and a set screwhaving the inner end extending from said base into said socket to clamp said block therein. I

3. In an electric motor provided with a casing, supporting lugs formed upon said casing, a block detachably mounted between said lugs, a supporting member detachably secured to said block, and threaded means for securing said block to said supporting member.

4. In an electric motor provided witha casing, supporting lugs formed upon said casing, a block detachably mounted between said lugs, said block having means to pre vent motion between itself and said lugs and means, to be detachably secured to a support, said securing means independent 'of the mounting between lugs and block:

5. In an electric motor provided with a casing, said casing having lugs thereon, a block detachably, yet secured against .mo tion, mounted therebetween, a base having meansto be detachably and adjustably secured to said block, said securing-means acting against the side of said block.

6. In an electric motor having/a casing with lugs formed thereon ablock'constru cted with means to be detachably, yet securely, fastened between said lugs and means, independent of the lug fastening means, to be detachably secured to a support, said securing meails being located in the underside of said bloc 7. In an electric motor, a motor casing having a pair of lugs integral therewith, a'

block detachably secured between and attached to said lugs, and means for connectin; said block to said lugs, said block retained against rotation between the lugs when so connected, and adapted to be detachably connected to various supports.

8. An electric motor having means to connect same to a plurality of supports, comprising a motor casing with lugs formed thereon, a block detachably mounted between said lugs, said block being adapted to seat into a socket to be clamped therein and to screw upon a threaded stud to be secured thereto.

9. In an electric motor, a casing, lugs formed on said casing and integral therewith, a block mounted between said lugs, said block having a convex surface upon the bottom thereof, a base having an arc-shaped socket to receive the block whereby the convex surface of the block may ride in the arcshaped socket to allow pivoted adjustment of the motor in relation to the base, and means to secure said parts in various positions.

10. An electric motor having a casing with lugs depending therefrom and integral therewith, a base for said motor having a concave socket therein, means for detachably and adjustably connecting said motor with said base comprising a block adapted to be interposed between said lugs, and to seat in said socket being supported therein, and means to clamp said block within said socket.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 4th day of March, 1919.

ALFRED O. GILBERT. 

